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"Between 1975 and 1984 almost the entire area of the Roman fort of Segedunum in Wallsend was excavated under the direction of Charles Daniels, senior lecturer in the Department of Archaeology at Newcastle University. It is these excavations which form the subject of this publication. This comprehensive report on the structural remains (Vol. 1) and finds (Vol. 2) show clearly that Daniels' work represented one of the most ambitious and prolonged programs of fieldwork attempted on the northern frontier up to that point and has made Wallsend one of the most fully investigated of Roman forts in Britain. In most areas the remains were not excavated down to natural and so the remains revealed were predominantly those of the 2nd and 3rd centuries, with some late Roman features. Volume 1 describes first the stratigraphic sequences and excavation of the stone and timber buildings of the fort's central range: the granary, hospital, headquarters (principia), commanding officer's house (praetorium), the forehall fronting the principia and granary, and a long narrow building, perhaps a workshop, on the north side of the eastern via principalis. In the case of all but the praetorium these buildings were fully exposed. Later chapters cover the buildings in the northern third of the fort, revealed to be a group of six infantry barracks which underwent several phases of rebuilding and refurbishment including partial replacement by a stable block. Parts 4 and 5 examine the cavalry barracks in the southern part of the fort (retentura) and excavations of sections of the fort defenses on all four sides, particularly of discrete structures such as towers and gates. Volume 2, on the predominantly 2nd-3rd century material culture from the site, looks at the stonework, pottery, coins and small finds recovered. The stonework and ceramic building material provides information on the appearance of the fort and include a very rare stone latrine seat and a bench support. The pottery comprises samian, mortaria, including a large collection stamped by Anaus, amphorae and coarse wares. Other classes of artifact occur in comparatively small numbers, including colorless glass tablewares of the second and third centuries, 295 coins and c. 1000 small finds including some post-Roman pieces. Finally there is a detailed assessment of animal bone assemblages from a cistern and the Commanding Officer's house"--Publisher's summary.

Excavations (Archaeology) --- Fortification --- Material culture --- Animal remains (Archaeology) --- Fortification, Primitive --- Forts --- Military engineering --- Siege warfare --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Archaeozoology --- Zooarchaeology --- Zoology in archaeology --- Bones --- Animal paleopathology --- Culture --- Folklore --- Technology --- Methodology --- Segedunum Roman Fort Site (Wallsend, England) --- Wallsend (England) --- Wallsend Roman Fort Site (Wallsend, England) --- England --- Antiquities, Roman. --- Antiquities --- Fortification, Roman --- Fortifications romaines --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Culture matérielle --- Restes d'animaux (Archéologie) --- Wallsend (Angleterre) --- Antiquities, Roman --- Antiquités romaines

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Israelite religions have always fascinated scholars. Initial studies used the Bible as their main source of information and attempted to read it critically in order to learn about the religion of ancient Israel. With the advent of modern research in the Near East, more and more information on other Ancient Near Eastern religions was accumulated and initially used to illuminate Israelite religious practices as described in the Bible, but gradually led to challenging some of the accepted truisms. The new information was collected mainly through archaeological excavations, and archaeology had gradually become a major player in the study of ancient Israelite religion(s) and religious practices. The massive amount of information on the various subthemes related to Israelite religions, the shifting trends in scholarship, the multiplicity of approaches, and the interdisciplinary nature of the field means that no single scholar can master all the data today. Indeed, there is currently no comprehensive and updated book that covers all or even most aspects pertaining to Israelite religion(s). This volume is a partial attempt to fill some of this lacuna. The volume includes a number of broad, summarizing studies, presenting readers with the up-to-date state of the research on a number of important issues, from Solomon’s temple to broader studies of the loci of cultic activity in ancient Israel through to analysis of the difference between the “official” and “popular” expression of religion, the place of women in Israelite cult(s), similarities and differences between the religious practices in Israel and Judah and those of other Iron Age religions, and the religion of some of Israel’s neighbors to the role of zooarchaeology in the study of religion, ancient Israelite festivals, and more.

Philistines --- Iron Age --- Aegean-style --- temples --- shrines --- household --- figurines --- Israelite religion --- ancient Israel --- cultic buildings --- sanctuaries --- biblical archaeology --- egalitarian ethos --- religion --- women --- Israel --- Judah --- domestic religion --- family religion --- rituals --- worship --- Jerusalem Temple --- feminist studies --- archaeology --- Hebrew Bible --- Old Testament --- Yahweh --- Asherah --- Tell el-Far‛ah North --- shrine model --- moon --- rain --- womb --- mercy --- household religion --- cult sites --- Transjordan --- Deir Alla --- Pella --- Damiyah --- Ataruz --- Mudayna Thamad --- WT-200 --- Busayrah --- Ammon --- sons of Ammon --- Ammonite --- gods --- Milkom --- iconography --- Jordan --- Solomon’s Temple --- Khirbet Qeiyafa --- Motza --- Kuntillet ʿAjrud --- theomachy --- theophany --- blessings --- Hebrew inscriptions --- scribal curriculum --- zooarchaeology --- sacrifice --- offering --- Yahwistic worship --- sacred feasting --- faunal remains --- animal bones --- cult --- ritual --- Tel Dan --- Late Bronze Age --- Canaan --- Egypt --- Israelite festivals --- Sabbath --- calendars --- pilgrimage festivals --- full-moon celebrations --- harvest celebrations --- firstborn rituals --- first produce rituals --- folk religion --- Bible --- Near Eastern archaeology --- archaeology and religion